LETTER: Government goes too far

It is a pretty bad state of affairs when an individual who blows the whistle on something the government is doing that is a direct threat and infringement on the privacy of the American people, is accused of committing an act of treason. If anything, the responsible government officials have committed treason.

It is time we realize the Patriot Act has been taken to a new level that is more of a threat to the American people than a safeguard against terrorism. Progressive government has reached the point where we have to fear it. Well-meaning programs have gotten so far out of control that the best way to describe them is to say we have reached government by fear.

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This trend has to be stopped and reversed immediately. We can no longer say we must give up a little freedom for the common good. We have reached the point whether an unscrupulous politician can flip a switch and turn this country into a totalitarian police state overnight. That should scare the living daylights out of us.

Someone needs to ask why companies such as Verizon and Google keep records of our phone calls and online computer activities? Maybe there should be a law prohibiting such record keeping.